Ethnic memoirs and ‘votobiographies’ in the Kenyan scene

Kenyan autobiographies still need to tell a bit more. (Photo:Courtesy)

By ABENEA NDAGO

I have been reading some Kenyan autobiographies of late, and I’m still of the opinion that we need to tell a bit more. No, this does not mean you become like Nelson Mandela (God rest his soul) and surprise us with the humbling news that you once stole pigs (in Long Walk to Freedom). We only urge that your fallible, human simplicity tempt you into revealing a few ordinary mistakes in your long life, especially if yours was lived in a country as rich in gory history as ours.